1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes Chapter , Whither shall we flee from civilization, to take off the harness and be free, for a season, from the restraints, the conventionalities of society, and rest from the hard struggles, the cares and toils, the strifes and competitions of life?
1894, John Muir, The Mountains of California Chapter , The Sugar Pine is as free from conventionalities of form and motion as any oak.
